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Shop Class; Friday, First Period [01/10].
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special_rabbitAmaya would always love that feeling of getting into the workshop classroom after a break, and this was especially true since her break this time had been particularly long. And as fine of a job as she was certain he'd done, hopefully, she wouldn't be needing Beaker to substitute for her again this semester, even if the money in her pocket from the Daventry pocket was more than welcome.
That was neither here nor there, though. She'd had a few days to rest up (by order of certain detectives) and she was ready to get to it, breathing in that distinctly pleasant aroma of metal and wood and coffee that the shop classroom would always have, and greeted her students with a nod.
"Good morning," she said, "and welcome to shop class! I see a couple of familiar faces, and a couple of not, and we're a small class, but that's good, because that means I'll have plenty of time to really work with you all to help keep everyone's fingers in place where they should be. Essentially, in this class, we'll be building stuff. What kind of stuff? All kinds of stuff! We'll be working with wood, metal, stone, wires, glass, plastics....you name it, we'll probably use it, and, if not, I'll think of a way to do it. We've also got a lot of interesting and helpful equipment around the shop that we'll be using, and a lot of what we'll be working with includes sharp blades, extreme power, lots of heat, and other potentially dangerous factors, and since we're not in the danger shop, safety is going to be key. Please do not use equipment you're unfamiliar with, and whenever you're working in this classroom, you must have proper gloves," she gave her own a firm tug before gesturing to the table where a variety of safety equipment waited for the students, "and eye protection." Those were perched on her head at the moment and would remaint here until needed. "Often, we'll be wearing aprons as well and if you don't already have a pair of good strong boots, I suggest looking into getting some.
"That said," she grinned a little, "today, we'll be keeping things a little lighter. I know I'm not the only one who's had a long week, so we'll just keep it nice and simple today. Introductions, but we'll be making something to go along with them. I haven't done this in a while and it is pretty simple, but we can start getting into the really good stuff next week. For now? I have these." She gestured to a few boxes of long metal sticks, set out among a collection of hammers and a variety of different metal objects, mostly squares and discs. "Metal stamps! Most of you probably know, I'm a blacksmith by trade, and these are very common with any sort of metal work as a way to brand our pieces so people know when they're getting a bonafide Blackstone piece. It's also popular with jewelry, it's used to mark metal tags, and all sorts of other stuff. Today, we're going to be using them to introduce ourselves.
"Pick out a base and take a second to think about what you might want to stamp onto your tag. It can be your name, a nickname, a poem if you're feeling ambitious, something important to you, whatever you think might be a good way to ease into an introduction, then pick out the stamps you'll need. Grab a stamping block," and Amaya did just that, holding it up to show the class before she demonstrated as she talked, "tape your piece down on your tag to help you keep it all aligned. Now, this next part's important: start in the middle and work outward, so you'll have to do a little planning, but that'll help it be nice and centered and even. Unless you want it otherwise, I suppose. Start with your middle letter, place the stamp straight and firm on the piece, and then give it three firm hits," smack, smack, smack!, "on the top. And there you go!" She held up the block and brougth it close so they could see the firmly stamped A, then returned to the table. "Then just go from there," and she went through the other letters, place the stamp, grab the hammer, smack, smack, smack! Until she finished up, peeled off the tape, and then sent the small disc with "AMAYA" neatly printed on it around.
"And there you have it, that's my name, Amaya. I'd have probably preferred to put BLACK STONE on there, BLACK on top, STONE on the bottom, but that might've wound up taking half the class! So I'll let you get to it! If you have any questions, or if you need some helping knowing exactly which stamps to use," a small, subtle, but encouraging nod toward Grogif he was there at that one, "go on and ask me, and about twenty minutes to the end of class, we'll stop and take a second to show off what you made by way of introducing yourselves. And if it you finish your first piece well before the time, feel free to make one or two more of your choice.
"Alright, then!" Amaya grinned, lifting up one hand and pounding her fist into it. "There's also coffee over on that table if you need a little pep in your step this morning," because no one wanted a bunch of sleepy teens on a Friday morning handling heavy equipment or hammering their fingers due to a lack of caffeine, "so help yourself, and let's get to it!"
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That was neither here nor there, though. She'd had a few days to rest up (by order of certain detectives) and she was ready to get to it, breathing in that distinctly pleasant aroma of metal and wood and coffee that the shop classroom would always have, and greeted her students with a nod.
"Good morning," she said, "and welcome to shop class! I see a couple of familiar faces, and a couple of not, and we're a small class, but that's good, because that means I'll have plenty of time to really work with you all to help keep everyone's fingers in place where they should be. Essentially, in this class, we'll be building stuff. What kind of stuff? All kinds of stuff! We'll be working with wood, metal, stone, wires, glass, plastics....you name it, we'll probably use it, and, if not, I'll think of a way to do it. We've also got a lot of interesting and helpful equipment around the shop that we'll be using, and a lot of what we'll be working with includes sharp blades, extreme power, lots of heat, and other potentially dangerous factors, and since we're not in the danger shop, safety is going to be key. Please do not use equipment you're unfamiliar with, and whenever you're working in this classroom, you must have proper gloves," she gave her own a firm tug before gesturing to the table where a variety of safety equipment waited for the students, "and eye protection." Those were perched on her head at the moment and would remaint here until needed. "Often, we'll be wearing aprons as well and if you don't already have a pair of good strong boots, I suggest looking into getting some.
"That said," she grinned a little, "today, we'll be keeping things a little lighter. I know I'm not the only one who's had a long week, so we'll just keep it nice and simple today. Introductions, but we'll be making something to go along with them. I haven't done this in a while and it is pretty simple, but we can start getting into the really good stuff next week. For now? I have these." She gestured to a few boxes of long metal sticks, set out among a collection of hammers and a variety of different metal objects, mostly squares and discs. "Metal stamps! Most of you probably know, I'm a blacksmith by trade, and these are very common with any sort of metal work as a way to brand our pieces so people know when they're getting a bonafide Blackstone piece. It's also popular with jewelry, it's used to mark metal tags, and all sorts of other stuff. Today, we're going to be using them to introduce ourselves.
"Pick out a base and take a second to think about what you might want to stamp onto your tag. It can be your name, a nickname, a poem if you're feeling ambitious, something important to you, whatever you think might be a good way to ease into an introduction, then pick out the stamps you'll need. Grab a stamping block," and Amaya did just that, holding it up to show the class before she demonstrated as she talked, "tape your piece down on your tag to help you keep it all aligned. Now, this next part's important: start in the middle and work outward, so you'll have to do a little planning, but that'll help it be nice and centered and even. Unless you want it otherwise, I suppose. Start with your middle letter, place the stamp straight and firm on the piece, and then give it three firm hits," smack, smack, smack!, "on the top. And there you go!" She held up the block and brougth it close so they could see the firmly stamped A, then returned to the table. "Then just go from there," and she went through the other letters, place the stamp, grab the hammer, smack, smack, smack! Until she finished up, peeled off the tape, and then sent the small disc with "AMAYA" neatly printed on it around.
"And there you have it, that's my name, Amaya. I'd have probably preferred to put BLACK STONE on there, BLACK on top, STONE on the bottom, but that might've wound up taking half the class! So I'll let you get to it! If you have any questions, or if you need some helping knowing exactly which stamps to use," a small, subtle, but encouraging nod toward Grog
"Alright, then!" Amaya grinned, lifting up one hand and pounding her fist into it. "There's also coffee over on that table if you need a little pep in your step this morning," because no one wanted a bunch of sleepy teens on a Friday morning handling heavy equipment or hammering their fingers due to a lack of caffeine, "so help yourself, and let's get to it!"
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